Topic: Mario Kart World

Some leakers have revealed it will have a battle mode, with similar style as Fortnite Battle Royale. So up to 24 players in online mode, and with the option of having the entire world in battle mode, or just one course.

@Serah See, I have heard the same... but from comment sections. It seems possible, even likely, but I get the feeling these "leakers" are just trying to throw things out there (things that are already fairly widespread ideas) so that if they come to fruition they can claim "Ah but look at this, I am reliable!" That said.... Yes please! It would be so fun, especially if we can hijack semitrucks (like we saw Birdo do in the trailer) as a sort of "super ability"

@Kairuuu Yes! The music was so good in that one! To this day I like using bikes in Mario Kart games solely because they were fun in Wii haha!

Whatever form the battle mode takes in this one, I just hope we get more than 8 courses to duke it out on.

Answer: Nope! I've not seen anything above 150cc. This big open world is aching for 200cc or higher.

Seeing all these extra vehicles that can be taken control of - the truck and hovercraft and possibly a helicopter and UFO too - makes me think there will be a story mode. Or at least something major that hasn't been revealed yet.

It looks to me like MKW and DK Bananza are going to be a pair of 10/ 10 all time greats.

Seeing the amount of 200cc enjoyers here makes me happy. All of my friends hate it.

Definitely agree with what some of you are saying. I think 200cc will be excellent for Mario Kart World given its scale so to have it be available, even if you have to unlock it, would be amazing.

Everyone loves 200cc but I never cared for it. In fairness, I also don't own MK8 so I am used to 150cc on Wii haha.

Sounds strange, but I think this might be my most hyped game ever! Yes, some of that hype is from the new console, but genuinely I cannot wait for the Direct, and more importantly June 5!!

So, does anyone have any spicy predictions they want to claim before the Mario Kart World Direct?
There's a lot we haven't seen. Battle Mode, Time Trials, 200cc, Mirror Mode, Details about the World and Online.

I'm making a bold claim. What if Nintendo gave us a Track Builder in this next game?
Think about it. The Labo Bike Game had a track builder baked into it. Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit's whole gimmick was making your own track. Nintendo has been experimenting with Community Generated Content with Super Mario Maker 2's Level Creator, Link's Awakening Dungeon Builder, and Super Smash Brothers Ultimate's Stage Builder. If we look at as another example GTA 5, that game has tons of Community Generated Content, especially race tracks. This game is also not using Anti-Gravity, so making tracks would be simpler.

A Track Builder could really justify the $80 Price in addition to everything we've seen. Does it make sense for an open world game like this, not necessarily, but, again, look at GTA 5. I could see roaming around the world to gather Track Building Elements to use for your own courses.

The only other way they could justify the price, and give this game longevity at the start, is if they give it regular additional content, similar to splatoon. New Additions, Quests, Missions, Costumes, Characters, etc. would be amazing.

With Free Roam, we will either have Missions or also Story for this game. I predict Tatanga will be a Boss or the Final Boss and an Unlockable Racer. We know there are some heavy Super Mario Land references at Shy Guy's Bazaar and Desert Hills.

Lastly, I hope for some more cross pollination from other games. We only have DK thus far, what if we got a DLC Island, Giving us Diddy, Dixie, Funky, Kranky, and K. Rool. It could be all the DK tracks: DK Jungle Parkway, DK Jungle, and DK Mountain. Those would all work well together as one explorable Island. I also want some Luigi's Mansion Representation. E.Gadd, Gooigi, Polterpup, King Boo Costume. Bring back the Luigi's Mansion Track and give us some Ghost House Tracks, or New ones based on Evershade Valley and the Final Resort.

Let me know what you guys think, if I'm a genius or absolutely crazy

We should get a length reveal in a few hours...I'm gonna say it's 20 mins long

Fine I'll take 15!!

Apparently you can also watch the Direct via the Nintendo Today! app which sounds hellish but interesting

@Nintoz Can't wait! I also thought it'd be 20 minutes, but 15 is pretty close. It felt like so much was at the Switch 2 Direct trailer that there doesn't feel the need to have a dedicated Direct, but I guess they have a lot they haven't revealed!

I think there could be a lot of Mario in-universe crossovers. There is a screenshot from the game that looks like it has the Toad hieroglyphics from Paper Mario Origami King, and Biker Yoshi seems obviously based on Boshi from Super Mario RPG. There's also a costume of Wario that somewhat resembles his WarioWare Move It! outfit. Kind of like what you were saying, I'm thinking they could have some crossover characters from Paper Mario, WarioWare, Luigi's Mansion, Donkey Kong, and possibly more. Maybe that's why we haven't seen Diddy Kong yet, because they're going to do a full DK character set reveal?

I was secretly hoping that the Direct would be longer to indicate that there's still a lot we don't know about the game but 15 minutes sounds about right. It's still just Mario Kart at the end of the day so there's likely only so much to show.

My dream is that the map we saw was just Mario Kart “Land” and there’s 1-2 more islands

@MrGam3andBu1ld I may not have ever played Fortnite, but a Battle Royale Mode similar to it would be super cool! Imagine driving all over the map, taking down opponents... Imagine the Blue Shell targeting whomever has the most KOs or something? It would be fun!

i am so hyped for this direct, even if it is only for 15 minutes. i really want to see a proper reveal of the roster (got to decide my main yall!) and the vehicle system and the strange controlling vehicles worldwide. and battle mode too will be nice to see. but i feel like nintendo is hiding something REALLYYY big with the $80 (sighs…😔) pricetag. i dont know if a track builder would be possible with this style, but nintendo is full of surprises. but ill be there on day 1 no matter what cause im brainwashed 😅 @Dev-N i think they will avoid DLC this time around because of the backlash they’ve received so far. but yknlw they love their money so who knows 😭

I don't know about those wide tracks. I know that is because of the 24 players, but the tracks are VERY wide. I would have prefered them more narrow I think.

Edit: Saw some more footage, it doesn't seem to be a problem. Tracks look really nice, and I love the rails.

@OctolingKing13 I didn’t even consider a track builder. While I think it is pretty unlikely, that would be awesome

@Dev-N thats a fair opinion, hopefully nintendo will do free updates 😿💔
@SplatRay001 it would be, @MrGam3andBu1ld gave an excellent reasoning why they would include this, and i hope they are right! mario maker kart incoming 😛